Traffic stop leads to drug arrest
A 23-year-old Burch Avenue man was arrested on drug and marijuana charges during a routine traffic stop at Dartmouth Avenue at Comstock Avenue about 2:15 p.m. Wednesday.Cody Dascomb was arrested after...
View ArticleSuspect arrested for armed robbery of a trucker
A 42-year-old Hartwell Road man was being held Wednesday and police were looking for a second man in the armed robbery of a truck driver in the 800 block of Walden Avenue.Martellion Ham was arrested...
View ArticleMan arrested for rolling a marijuana blunt in a parked car
A 19-year-old Landon Street man was arrested on marijuana charges while parked in his car in the first block of West Ferry Street late Tuesday.Jaquan R. Smith-Devers was charged with unlawful...
View ArticleBabcock Street man kicks neighbor and throws table at her
A 21-year-old Babcock Street man was arrested at noontime Wednesday for allegedly kicking a neighbor and throwing household items at her during an argument. David Roche was arrested about 12:10 p.m....
View ArticleFalls man convicted in shooting
LOCKPORT – Cordarise M. Houston, of Niagara Falls, was convicted Wednesday of shooting an old friend seven times, despite the victim’s inability to remember the attack that left him a paraplegic.A...
View ArticleDriver pleads guilty to misdemeanors in fatality of West Seneca Democratic...
A tool-and-die maker pleaded guilty as charged Wednesday to misdemeanor DWI charges that stemmed from the November crash that killed West Seneca Democratic Chairman Daniel S. McParlane. The plea...
View ArticleGCC gets money for capital projects
BATAVIA Genesee Community College will get nearly $10 million in the new state budget for a capital project centered on two new buildings on the Batavia campus.State Sen. Michael H. Razenhofer,...
View ArticleWounded local soldier’s mother: ‘He is doing better.’
ALLEGANY – Carole Miller told The Buffalo News this afternoon that she has received word from her son, Maj. Patrick W. Miller, that he is doing well and is expected to recover from the wound he...
View ArticleWounded soldier recalled as ‘fighter’ and ‘leader’
ALLEGANY – Even when he was a teenager, folks here knew Patrick W. Miller was destined to be a leader. He told his high school buddies he wanted to make a career for himself in the Army, starting...
View ArticleDoctor shortage found in WNY, upstate
Health care facilities in Western New York and across upstate are facing a shortage of doctors, with hospital officials saying it’s particularly challenging to recruit primary care physicians,...
View ArticleNU presidential inauguration will take place today
LEWISTON – The Rev. James J. Maher will be inaugurated as 26th president of Niagara University during a ceremony at 3:30 p.m. today in the university’s Gallagher Center.The Rev. Joseph L. Levesque,...
View ArticleConsultant process by schools questioned
The consulting firm that once employed three controversial, high-ranking Buffalo school administrators – two of whom were fired Wednesday – stands to make $90,000 from a new contract despite the fact...
View ArticleGarden Notes: News of area clubs and events
Bowmansville Garden Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Bowmansville Fire Hall, 36 Main St. Sandra Barnes, CNLP and horticulturist/nursery manager at Seasonal Landscaping in Elma, will present...
View Article160 pounds of pot – not okra – in truck at Peace Bridge
FORT ERIE, Ont. – More than 160 pounds of marijuana was snagged March 20 by agents on the Canadian side of the Peace Bridge, Canada Border Services Agency reported this morning.The agency reported...
View ArticleExtra $40 million in state budget for potholes and road repair
An additional $40 million was included in the new state budget to help local municipalities fill potholes and repair damaged by the tough winter, State Senator Michael H. Ranzenhofer, R-Clarence,...
View ArticleFirefighters rescue one dog, can’t save second from Lake Erie ice
Two dogs had a life and death struggle on the ice in the Town of Evans Thursday.For one, it was a losing battle.Town of Evans Police responded at 7:05 a.m. to a call that the two dogs were out on Lake...
View ArticleLane closures on Sheridan Drive start Tuesday
Remember the bottleneck on Sheridan Drive in Tonawanda last summer? Get ready for some more.Construction will cause lane closures on the Sheridan Drive extension in the Town of Tonawanda starting...
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Sign honors fallen officer Patricia Parete
The Badge of Honor Association today erected a sign honoring Police Officer Patricia Parete at W. Chippewa and Georgia Street, the site where she was shot Dec. 5, 2006. She was paralyzed from the neck...
View ArticlePolice seek man who followed two children
Two schoolchildren were followed and approached by a stranger Friday morning in North Buffalo, the fourth time an incident like this has been reported in recent weeks.A suspicious male followed the...
View ArticlePolice searching for missing North Tonawanda man
Police are continuing their search for a North Tonawanda man who took his dog for a walk on Tuesday night and never returned.Frances “Matt” Christman, 35, was reported missing by his girlfriend...
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